Global Campus Palestine:Global Campus Palestine:Hakoritna farm, Tulkarem, 13–26 October 2013Hakoritna farm, Tulkarem, 13–26 October 2013

The setting:The setting: neighbouring Israeli neighbouring Israeli chemical factorieschemical factories

The setting:The setting: the Israeli ‘Apartheid’ wall the Israeli ‘Apartheid’ wall

Fayez and Mona TaneebFayez and Mona Taneeb

Fayez Taneeb speaks at a public meeting Fayez Taneeb speaks at a public meeting with the local mayor, shortly before the with the local mayor, shortly before the

project startproject start

Introduction day in the meeting Introduction day in the meeting centrecentre

Fayez Taneeb and Aida Shibli Fayez Taneeb and Aida Shibli introducing the 14-day programmeintroducing the 14-day programme

Clean-up:Clean-up: removing and sorting removing and sorting piles of junk from the farm sitepiles of junk from the farm site

Clean-up:Clean-up: preparing our gathering preparing our gathering space at the farmspace at the farm

before …

… … and afterand after

Biogas:Biogas: Imad Atrash introduces the Imad Atrash introduces the workshopworkshop

Ismael and Wafa help assemble Ismael and Wafa help assemble the biogas partsthe biogas parts

Setting up the biogas digester tanksSetting up the biogas digester tanks

Wafa presents the biogas digester on Wafa presents the biogas digester on the open daythe open day

Earthworks:Earthworks: preparing the ground preparing the ground

Digging the raised vegetable beds: Digging the raised vegetable beds:

before and afterbefore and after

‘‘Upcycling’ materials for the solar Upcycling’ materials for the solar dryer and compost toiletdryer and compost toilet

Building the solar dryer … 1Building the solar dryer … 1

Building the solar dryer … 2Building the solar dryer … 2

Frederick Weihe (with hat) and team Frederick Weihe (with hat) and team finish the solar dryerfinish the solar dryer

Solar dryer:Solar dryer: first experiment with first experiment with drying peppersdrying peppers

The compost toilet gets the finishing touchesThe compost toilet gets the finishing touches

Cucumber harvest helpCucumber harvest help

Molokhia harvest helpMolokhia harvest help

Public open dayPublic open day

Aida Shibli interviewed for a local TV station

Open-day workshops on Open-day workshops on composting and seed ballscomposting and seed balls

A typical A typical evening mealevening meal

Lunch on the farmLunch on the farm

Washing up!Washing up!

Education: Education: Saad Dagher lecturing on Saad Dagher lecturing on agroecologyagroecology

Education: Education: Jillian Hovey talks Jillian Hovey talks permaculture to the earthworks grouppermaculture to the earthworks group

Group-building:Group-building: Saad Dagher leading Saad Dagher leading a daily ‘morning attunement’a daily ‘morning attunement’

Group-building:Group-building: afternoon sessions afternoon sessions

Imagine:Imagine: the group share their visions the group share their visions for a beautiful future on the farmfor a beautiful future on the farm

Solidarity, friendship, trust …Solidarity, friendship, trust …

… … pave the way to success!pave the way to success!

Follow-up:Follow-up: the group returns three weeks later, to the group returns three weeks later, to see some ‘fruits’ of their labour and to support the see some ‘fruits’ of their labour and to support the

regular farm workregular farm work

Follow-up:Follow-up: hundreds of interested students and other hundreds of interested students and other visitors flood the farm in the weeks after the Global Campusvisitors flood the farm in the weeks after the Global Campus

January 2014: success with the January 2014: success with the new organic vegetable bedsnew organic vegetable beds

Thanks for being part!Thanks for being part!